2:32 PM,
Oct. 18, 2013

Michigan State center Adreian Payne goes over Michigan's Jordan Morgan for a rebound on March 3, 2013.

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Brian Calloway
Gannett Michigan

Michigan State is No. 2, and Michigan is No. 9 in the preseason USA Today basketball coaches poll released today.

Both teams have players who could have declared for the NBA draft but returned to school: Gary Harris and Adreian Payne for MSU, and Mitch McGary and Glenn Robinson III for U-M.

Kentucky is the preseason No. 1, and MSU, defending national champion Louisville, Duke and Arizona round out the top five. Kentucky received 16 first-place votes. Louisville (10), MSU (three) and Duke (three) also received first-place votes. ...